Re: Diglossia (was Re: Nur-ellen in the world of Brithenig)

Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:

> In fact, the Standard German spoken in Northern Germany is actually
> quite Standard, because the local dialects are a different language.
> The problem is Bavarians, Austrians and that lot, who think their
> regional variants of High German are intelligible to people who have
> learnt Standard German as a second language.
In short, Standard German is essentially southern grammar and lexis
with northern phonology.  (Added.)

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